The Red Chamber Collection

In the evening, Da Niu and Xiao Hua return.The little dog greeted him from afar, "Father, mother. My aunt taught me how to read today!"

Daniel handed the hoe to Xiaohua, and hugged his son who was rushing towards him by the waist, "Do you think aunt taught you to read?" He turned to Xiaohua, "She can read?!"

"Miss from our family, can you not read? You think you are the same, so you are blind!" Xiaohua teased him.

"Still talking about me, aren't you the same!"

The two were talking and laughing, Xiao Hua kissed her son on the cheek, and they entered the yard together.Daiyu came out of the room to welcome her, but Daniel didn't dare to look up at Daiyu.Pass Daiyu with the puppy in his arms and enter the house.

"Mother, mother, we are back!"

"Hey, mother knows!" The old lady happily answered in the kitchen.Daniu saw his mother was in the kitchen, and he went to the wrong place.He went back to the kitchen and put the puppy down.He saw his mother frying rice, and saw porridge burning in the pot.

"Mom, you have to heat up the dishes too."

"I still need your orders?" The old woman scolded, "Go wash and prepare for dinner!"

"Mother, there's no need. I'll serve the rice!" Daniel reached out to get the bowl, but was slapped by the old woman.

"You don't even look at who is in our house, it's not as good as usual, wash your hands." The old woman gave her son a white look.

Daniu smiled innocently, took a basin and towel, fetched water from the well, hid in the cowshed, took off his shirt and wiped himself.After washing, I ate alone and didn't mention it.

Let's say that the old woman put a large bowl of fried rice in front of Daiyu, and a small bowl in front of her grandson.But myself and my daughter-in-law were carrying bowls of porridge.Seeing this, Daiyu hurriedly said, "Why don't you eat?"

"We country people drink porridge at night. We don't eat rice!"

Daiyu didn't move her chopsticks for a long time. She saw the little dog pawing at the rice, as if someone had snatched it from him, and the rice grains were scattered around the bowl.He picked them up one by one and ate them.Daiyu recalled that when Grandma Liu entered Jia's mansion that year, she said that there was no food to eat due to the drought and famine in the countryside.She understood why the old lady didn't eat it.

"I don't eat these greasy things. I went to get a bowl of porridge, and the doctor told me to drink more porridge to make my illness better." The old woman insisted on refusing to let Daiyu eat the bowl of rice.Daiyu said, "Grandma's kindness, I appreciate it. But I have to listen to the doctor's words! If my mother-in-law is kind to me, let me also put a bowl of porridge. I ate this porridge in the morning. It smells so good. I used to Never drank it!"

The old lady asked Daiyu what was wrong, and Daiyu said.The old lady sighed, the young lady in our family is delicate.

Seeing that Daiyu refused to eat, I was embarrassed at first. Knowing that Daiyu came out of everyone, she knew how to be polite, and she was no better than the small family who didn't know what to do.Hearing what Daiyu said again, he said: "Miss, you will be hungry at night like this. We country people are used to it. You can eat less, okay?!" He said to give Daiyu some less.

This is the beginning, and the next step is to embarrass others.Daiyu saw several sacks of grain in her mother-in-law's house, all of which were corn and beans.There is very little rice.

"Mother-in-law, I don't do anything. I'm no better than my elder brother and sister-in-law. I usually drink some water at home. Let them share this bowl of rice!"

Xiaohua also persuaded Daiyu to come, but Daiyu insisted on not eating, but there was nothing she could do.I had no choice but to take a new bowl and fill Daiyu with porridge.Pushing the bowl of rice to the mother-in-law, the old woman refused to eat it anyway, and went outside to serve it to Daniel, who said, "You keep it, and it will be eaten by the dog tomorrow."

After eating, washing the dishes and chopsticks, the daughter-in-law did it alone.My mother-in-law would not let me help.

In the main room, under the dim light, the mother-in-law called out to Da Niu, "You come out to talk, what are you talking about hiding in the room? The lady doesn't like you like this, you should show some courage. Treat yourself like a lady."

Seeing what his mother said, Daniu came out of the house hurriedly, blushing and argued: "Where can I hide, I'm looking for something!"

Seeing him blushing, his daughter-in-law Xiaohua teased him, "What are you looking for, tell me."

Daniel sat beside his daughter-in-law and twisted her waist with his hands.The daughter-in-law lowered her body, lowered her head and smiled.

The old lady saw it and pretended not to know, "Daniu, you go to the county seat tomorrow, and ask Uncle Wei to pass a message to the master, just say that there is a lady in the capital, here we are, let him think of a way to send the lady to you." Go back to Rongguo Mansion."

The Uncle Wei that the old woman spoke of was from their place. He worked in the county government office and could talk to the county master.Daniel said: "I would like to ask this lady to tell you about the specific situation so that I can reply."

Daiyu thought, no matter what, it's not good to live with a stranger's parents, so that's what she had to do.

"My surname is Lin, and my name is Daiyu. I have two uncles. The first uncle is Jia She, and the second uncle is Jia Zheng. The county master will know."

The county magistrate also knows her uncle?Is her uncle also an official?The old lady was at a loss.It's not easy to ask people, as if they don't trust them.

"Just do what the lady said, and explain it clearly to the master. Do you remember?"

"I remember, Miss has two uncles, one is Jia Zheng, the other is, what's his name?"

Everyone in the room laughed, even Daiyu.

"Didn't you remember? What's the name? Tell me!" The daughter-in-law smiled at her husband.

"I know, one is Jia She and the other is Jia Zheng!" The little dog rushed into the room and looked at his father provocatively.

"By the way, the little dog is really smart." Daiyu has been familiar with the little dog all afternoon.She washed his hair and body, and taught him to recognize and write the word "small".

The old lady saw her son Daniu rubbing his head, and she was smiling at the puppy.Seeing that Daiyu praised her grandson for being smart, she liked it very much, "Look at you, what's the use of such a big guy? You can't even remember a name, you're not as good as our dog!"

Daiyu is not easy to laugh at. The country people are simple and honest, and they are not allowed to study.She said: "If not, I'll write it on paper, and you can show it to the county master tomorrow, and he will understand!"

The old woman thought, where can I get pens, inks, papers and inkstones?There are no gentlemen or scholars in this village!She looked at her son and said, "It doesn't take such a thing, I don't believe it, such a big man can't even remember his name?"

"Remember, this name is a bit of a mouthful." Daniel argued.

"Then remember it and say it again." Xiao Hua was afraid that he would forget.

"One is Jia She and the other is Jia Zheng, isn't it?"

"Finally he was right!" Xiaohua said to Daiyu, "he's all right, but his memory is bad! I asked him to buy some red thread for me at the fair. I bought a few needles back. You said that such an elm head is only suitable for farming at home. If you have a little spirituality, you can also do business!"

Daiyu thought, it turns out that Xiaohua is also a person who can talk!